| GREEKLETTERS | Parts of sorority names ... or the ends of 20-, 35- and 41-Across in two ways? |
| COAUTHORS | Literary collaborators ... or 17-, 36- and 41-Across, in a sense |
| OUTONALIMB | Vulnerably positioned ... or like the words that bookend 17-, 22- and 43-Across, in two ways? |
| SWEETHEART | Darling head of sorority, pint-sized, with the paintings (10) |
| REP | Abbr. for 20-Across, in two ways |
| ALMOSTDONE | Nearly finished, or a description of the first words of 20-, 35- and 41-Across |
| SOUTHERNSTYLE | Like dishes with collard greens, and a hint to the starts of 20-, 35- and 41-Across |
| FIRSTAMENDMENT | Where the freedoms that end 20-, 35- and 41-Across are found |
| BOOKENDS | They keep spines upright ... or the first and last two letters of the starred clues' answers, in two ways? |
| FEEFIFOFUM | Fairy tale chant from a giant ... or the ends of the answers to the starred clues |
| RECITAL | A public performance by a soloist or duettists in a programme of music; an enumeration or listing of connected facts, figures, events or names; or, a narration of a story (7) |
| REGISTER | Range of a voice or instrument; or, a record of attendance, list of names, or a book of such entries (8) |
| FLIPPEDOVER | Went crazy for, or what the starred answers' indicated parts are, in two ways? |
| DROPTHEBALL | *Make a mistake ... and what the answers to the starred clues do, in two ways? |
| CRYPTIC | From Greek for "hidden", a word for something mysterious, obscure, occult, puzzling or secret, such as a clue in an enigmatic crossword of the same name; or, the camouflaging colouring of certain anim |
| ROLLINGINDOUGH | Wealthy, and a hint to the first word of 20-, 35- and 40- Across |
| FALSESTART | Football penalty ... or what each starred clue's answer has, in two ways? |
| ASH | Name for the Old English symbol ae that was adopted by George William Russell as a pen name; or, the "tree of life" Fraxinus bearing bunches of keys (3) |
| NORM | It's the first name, or the last form of accepted standards (4) |
| CHECK | Dated means of payment, in two ways? |
